She 'danced her whole childhood.' Then she lost both of her legs in a boat explosion

Stefanie Schaffer (right), identified as a victim of a boat explosion in the Bahamas, is a lifelong dancer who lost both of her legs in the accident, family members said. The tour boat, which was off the coast of Exuma, was carrying 12 people. One died. Facebook

Stefanie Schaffer (right), identified as a victim of a boat explosion in the Bahamas, is a lifelong dancer who lost both of her legs in the accident, family members said. The tour boat, which was off the coast of Exuma, was carrying 12 people. One died. Facebook

A 22-year-old lifelong dancer lost both of her legs in a boat explosion, her family says, but she doesn't know it yet.

“If it was my boat and I saw smoke," he said, "everyone would be off the boat before the explosion happened but only he knows what happened.”

The captain of that boat, Ron Watson, has been discharged from a hospital in Nassau, the capital of Bahama, after receiving treatment there, CNN reported.

Smith added that he transported some of the victims on his boat.

"Two women were holding onto a guy. One of them said she couldn’t feel her legs so my son jumped into the water to help her," he told the Bahamas Tribune. "There was a lot of blood on my boat from the lady whose leg was damaged.”